Shelton Leadership Challenge Institute (First Year)

What is the Shelton Leadership Challenge Institute (First Year Course)?

The General Shelton Leadership Challenge Institute is one-week focusing on General Shelton’s cornerstones of values-based leadership, which are integrated throughout the experience. These cornerstones are honesty, integrity, compassion, diversity, and social responsibility. NC State University’s General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center collaborates with professionals in the fields of youth development, military, education and high school students who attended the institutes previously, to develop and implement a youth summer experience focusing on leadership skills. The scope and sequence of the curriculum intentionally plans for development of leadership skills for all levels of participants: Students, Peer Leaders and CMT’s (Coach, Mentor, Trainer). These skills include facilitation, individual and team reflection, and evaluation.

The core curriculum focuses on Leadership Roles and Accountability, Team Building, Leadership Styles and Situations, Motivating Others, Citizen Responsibility, Integrity as a Leader, Public Speaking, Changing Behaviors, and Goal Setting. Reflection is a key component for each exercise and daily review. Students are placed in leadership roles and participate in a 360° evaluation conducted by the Coach, Mentor, Trainers (CMTs) and Peer Leaders.

The Shelton Leadership Center seeks to provide hands-on activities that assist developing young leaders to become more confident leaders back in their communities. For more details on the Institute's Expected Outcomes, please see the following link: Expected Outcomes of Leadership Challenge Institute

For more details, please go to the following links below:

• Dates and Locations
• Application and Application Process
• Downloadable 2008 Shelton Leadership Challenge Brochure (pdf)
• Scholarship Assistance
• Sponsor a Youth or Other Donations

Curriculum design involves hands-on activities using the following components:

• Personal Leadership Assessment and Interpersonal Dynamics
• The Role of Values and Ethics in Leadership
• Leadership Traits and Approaches
• Public Speaking
• Teambuilding and Empowering Others
• Citizen and Social Responsibility
• Planning and Implementing a Lifelong Leadership Journey

Requirements of participants:

• Need to be a rising 9th to 12th grade student
• GPA of 3.0 or better (If you do not meet this requirement and would like to still apply because you believe this will be a great program, please write a brief statement explaining your reasons)
• Previous leadership experience in clubs or other organizations is desired